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OLAFFUB SEZ: According to British journalist and broadcaster Alistair Cooke, born on this date in 1908, “A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.” (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to Canadian author Margaret Atwood, born on this date in 1939, “The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.” (Updated: 11/18/09 7:28 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to actor and director Danny DeVito, born on this date in 1944, “There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull:How do you hang on to someone who won’t stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won’t go?” (Updated: 11/17/09 6:47 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to author and essayist Michael Arlen, born Dikran Kouyoumdjian on this date in 1895, “It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you’re going away.” (Updated: 11/16/09 7:07 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg, born Caryn Elaine Johnson on this date in 1955, “I don’t look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she’s going to end up looking like me.” (Updated: 11/13/09 6:46 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to Gen. George S. Patton, born on this date in 1885, “I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” (Updated: 11/11/09 6:59 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to German poet, philosopher and playwright Friedrich von Schiller, born on this date in 1759, “It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown.” (Updated: 11/10/09 7:00 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: Advice from seductive film star Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on this date in 1914, “Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” (Updated: 11/09/09 7:08 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, born Hilary Hinton Ziglar on this date in 1926, “If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you’ll never end up with a nag.” (Updated: 11/06/09 6:58 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to humorist Will Rogers, born on this date in 1879, “Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.” (Updated: 11/04/09 7:14 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: A verse for November from poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant, born on this date in 1794, “The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year,/ Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere.” (Updated: 11/03/09 7:11 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to President Warren G. Harding, born on this date in 1865, “I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, . . . they’re the ones who keep me walking the floor nights!” (Updated: 11/02/09 6:44 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to poet Ezra Pound, born on this date in 1885, “Literature is news that stays news.” (Updated: 10/30/09 6:59 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to the richest man in the world, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, born on this date in 1955, “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” (Updated: 10/28/09 7:11 AM )
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to President Theodore Roosevelt, born on this date in 1858, “A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.” (Updated: 10/27/09 7:11 AM )